I confess: sometimes when people drive rudely around me, I hope to see them on the side of the road stalled with engine failure, or in a ditch somewhere after losing control, or climbing out of their car after crashing into a bridge abutment. I confess: sometimes I wish evil on the people I seeContinue reading “Stop Hoping Bad Things Will Happen to Bad Drivers, Rude People on Social Media–and All Those Others. Ezekiel 25:3-4”
Category Archives: Heart Change
JOE’S CANCER STICKS. Ezekiel 11:19-20; Colossians 2:6.
Joe attended the college department at FBC. I was working at another church, but kept running into Joe at FBC events I was able to attend—Bible studies on unusual days of the week, scavenger hunts on Saturday nights, etc. Joe and I became friends. One night the two of us went on “visitation” together, drivingContinue reading “JOE’S CANCER STICKS. Ezekiel 11:19-20; Colossians 2:6.”
THE FROG IN THE POT, Part Two.
Have you memorized your favorite temperature setting? Do you find yourself adjusting the thermostat over and over, all day long? Do you run the heat at night and the air conditioner the very next day—every day? Some people are more sensitive to temperature changes than others. Some notice the slightest deviation, while others—like the proverbialContinue reading “THE FROG IN THE POT, Part Two.”
THE FROG IN THE POT, Part One.
I mentioned the “frog in the pot story” recently. Al Gore once told the story this way: “If a frog jumps into a pot of boiling water, it jumps right out again because it senses the danger. But if the very same frog jumps into a pot of lukewarm water that is slowly brought toContinue reading “THE FROG IN THE POT, Part One.”
THERE IS NOTHING MAGIC ABOUT GOD’S LAW. 2 Chronicles 30:18-20.
The Harry Potter stories are the latest in a long line of fictional tales in which the power of a magic spell is determined by the speaker’s ability to say the right words in the right order—and even with the right accent. If you say the words incorrectly, either nothing happens, or something completely differentContinue reading “THERE IS NOTHING MAGIC ABOUT GOD’S LAW. 2 Chronicles 30:18-20.”
Trying to Change? Ask God to Change Your Heart.
It is hard to change on your own, to muster up will power and just CHANGE. It is tough. That’s why people like New Year’s Resolutions: the idea of a new year easily coincides with the idea of a new habit. But dates are arbitrary—a week later, January 7 feels just like the year before. Continue reading “Trying to Change? Ask God to Change Your Heart.”
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